Brambleberries
It's been a hell of a week (in a great, non-hellish way), so I'm keeping today's update short and sweet. I'm also on an airplane surrounded by children watching Paw Patrol en masse— will Chase learn to farm sustainably and save the world?? Who knows! @paramountplus?
This past weekend, we threw the 40th-anniversary party of the CENTURY for 2 Peas in a Pod in San Luis Obispo. You may know Lori Heal for her constant smile and good "vibes" and her son Zach for his perfectly timed sarcasm and boyish good looks…
Their name might be 2 PEAS (which they also grow… very well), but what we (all of us) get the most excited about is their berries! Distinct kinds of blackberries, endless mulberries, and blueberries that can be dark blue or powdery, as small as seeds or as large as marbles. Gold, orange, yellow, pale, red, and even REDDER raspberries— and then comes this time of the season, as it warms more and more… and the rest of the BRAMBLEBERRIES begin to ripen.
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So, who are these later-season brambles we speak of? What the eff is a bramble?
Well, to set the stage, a bramble berry is a berry that grows on a mean, barbed, twisting "bramble," which is a thorny arching stem that can grow 6-8 ft high and seems bushish. Some examples are blackberries, raspberries, and roses. You will be sure to know you're in a bramble patch when your clothes start to tear and you have tiny cuts all over your forearms and legs—but is it so worth it?
Ollaliberries and Boysenberries made their grand debut at the party this weekend. Incredible timing, I must say. But who are they? Why aren't they as widely known as their cousins? What's the story here? Hold on to your seats cause this family bramble is about as complicated as my in-laws.
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